2 Corinthians 11:8

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I took money from other churches as payment for my work, so that I might be your servant;

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 11:9 : 9 And when I was present with you, and was in need, I let no man be responsible for me; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, gave me whatever was needed; and in everything I kept myself from being a trouble to you, and I will go on doing so.
  • Phil 4:14-16 : 14 But you did well to have care for me in my need. 15 And you have knowledge, Philippians, that when the good news first came to you, when I went away from Macedonia, no church took part with me in the business of giving to the saints, but you only; 16 Because even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to me in my need.
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 I have all things and more than enough: I am made full, having had from Epaphroditus the things which came from you, a perfume of a sweet smell, an offering well pleasing to God.

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  • 2 Cor 11:9-10
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    9 And when I was present with you, and was in need, I let no man be responsible for me; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, gave me whatever was needed; and in everything I kept myself from being a trouble to you, and I will go on doing so.

    10 As the true word of Christ is in me, I will let no man take from me this my cause of pride in the country of Achaia.

  • 2 Cor 11:7
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    7 Or did I do wrong in making myself low so that you might be lifted up, because I gave you the good news of God without reward?

  • 2 Cor 12:13-17
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    13 For what is there in which you were made less than the other churches, but in the one thing that I was not a trouble to you? Let me have forgiveness for this wrong.

    14 This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children.

    15 And I will gladly give all I have for your souls. If I have the more love for you, am I to be loved the less?

    16 But let it be so, that I was not a trouble to you myself; but (someone may say) being false, I took you with deceit.

    17 Did I make a profit out of you by any of those whom I sent to you?

  • 1 Cor 9:17-19
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    17 But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.

    18 What then is my reward? This, that when I am giving the good news, I may give it without payment, not making use of my rights as a preacher of the good news.

    19 For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvation.

  • 2 Cor 8:13-14
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    13 And I am not saying this so that others may get off free, while the weight comes on you:

    14 But so that things may be equal; that from those things of which you have more than enough at the present time their need may be helped, and that if you are in any need they may be a help to you in the same way, making things equal.

  • Acts 20:33-34
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    33 I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing.

    34 You yourselves have seen that with these hands I got what was necessary for me and those who were with me.

  • 2 Cor 8:3-4
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    3 For I give them witness, that as they were able, and even more than they were able, they gave from the impulse of their hearts,

    4 Seriously requesting us that they might have a part in this grace of being servants to the needs of the saints:

  • 2 Thess 3:8
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    8 And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:

  • 2 Cor 9:1
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    1 But there is no need for me to say anything in my letter about the giving to the saints:

  • Mal 3:8
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    8 Will a man keep back from God what is right? But you have kept back what is mine. But you say, What have we kept back from you? Tenths and offerings.

  • 2 Cor 9:4-5
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    4 For fear that, if any from Macedonia come with me, and you are not ready, we (not to say, you) might be put to shame in this thing.

    5 So it seemed to me wise for the brothers to go before, and see that the amount which you had undertaken to give was ready, so that it might be a cause for praise, and not as if we were making profit out of you.

  • 1 Thess 2:9
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    9 For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.

  • 2 Cor 8:19-20
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    19 And not only so, but he was marked out by the churches to go with us in the grace of this giving which we have undertaken to the glory of the Lord and to make clear that our mind was ready:

    20 And so that no man might be able to say anything against us in the business of this giving which has been put into our hands:

  • Phil 4:15-17
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    15 And you have knowledge, Philippians, that when the good news first came to you, when I went away from Macedonia, no church took part with me in the business of giving to the saints, but you only;

    16 Because even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to me in my need.

    17 Not that I am looking for an offering, but for fruit which may be put to your credit.

  • Phlm 1:18-19
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    18 If he has done you any wrong or is in debt to you for anything, put it to my account.

    19 I, Paul, writing this myself, say, I will make payment to you: and I do not say to you that you are in debt to me even for your life.

  • 2 Cor 8:8-9
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    8 I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.

    9 For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5 For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.

  • Phlm 1:13
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    13 Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:

  • 2 Cor 8:1
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    1 And now we give you news, brothers, about the grace of God which has been given to the churches of Macedonia;

  • 2 Cor 11:28
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    28 In addition to all the other things, there is that which comes on me every day, the care of all the churches.

  • Gal 2:10
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    10 Only it was their desire that we would give thought to the poor; which very thing I had much in mind to do.

  • Rom 15:16
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    16 To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit.

  • 2 Cor 11:12
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    12 But what I do, that I will go on doing, so that I may give no chance to those who are looking for one; so that, in the cause of their pride, they may be seen to be the same as we are.

  • Rom 15:31
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    31 So that I may be kept safe from those in Judaea who have not put themselves under the rule of God, and that the help which I am taking for Jerusalem may be pleasing to the saints;

  • 2 Cor 9:12-13
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    12 For this work of giving not only takes care of the needs of the saints, but is the cause of much praise to God;

    13 For when, through this work of giving, they see what you are, they give glory to God for the way in which you have given yourselves to the good news of Christ, and for the wealth of your giving to them and to all;

  • 2 Cor 1:16
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    16 And by way of Corinth to go into Macedonia, and from there to come back again to you, so that you might send me on my way to Judaea.

  • 1 Cor 9:14-15
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    14 Even so did the Lord give orders that the preachers of the good news might get their living from the good news.

    15 But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.

  • Gal 1:10
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    10 Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 15:9
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    9 For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God.

  • Phil 2:30
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    30 Because for the work of Christ he was near to death, putting his life in danger to make your care for me complete.

  • 1 Cor 16:1
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    1 Now about the giving of money for the saints, as I gave orders to the churches of Galatia, so do you.

  • Col 1:25
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    25 Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,